Proper hand-washing is important for your health

1:31 AM,
Nov. 24, 2012

Written by

Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
Chicago Tribune

Washing your hands after using the bathroom -- not to mention after touching any number of public surfaces, from doorknobs to bus handrails -- is a basic rule of hygiene. Yet we don't always do it properly, if at all, which is particularly ill-advised behavior during flu season, when germy hands are common gateways to infection.

Respondents to a recent survey said they washed their hands an average of 87% of the time after using a public restroom, and 62% said they have rinsed their hands post-bathroom without using soap. The survey of more than 1,000 people in the U.S. was conducted by Bradley ...